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OP here. It was Kino.
My method:
>Eating
I ate an absurd amount of food on December 30th so I wasn't hungry at all during the day
>Drinking
I went hard on December 30 as well and only had 1/4 of a water bottle on the day. However, I did bring a water bottle for emergencies since I was looking at a few posts from people who claimed they nearly fainted
>Clothing
Two jackets, pants, and shorts to have maximum pockets
>Arrival
10:20 am. Either go big or go home.
>Devices
My phone, my tablet, 2 charger banks, 2 hand warmers
>Bathroom
I went to one a few blocks nearby and started at 10:05am. I held it in for 15 hours 40 minutes.
>Crowd
The initial line waiting for the start was around 2 blocks when I got there. I have no clue how far it went before it opened at 3pm. The second queue is usually what people are thinking of when they talk about cramped crowds. You couldn't go more than 3 feet every 10 minutes because there were only 3 police officers checking everything, and they didn't tell anyone about the no backpack rule until they were halfway through the queue. I finally made it to Times Square at 5:55, just in time for the ceremony to start. However, there was a there queue at that time. It was probably a bad idea to close off because the second the gates would open (roughly every 15 minutes), everyone would start running and crushing each other to get to the next zone before the others despite there being more than enough room by the ending.

As for the thunderstorm that happened, I found it kino and refreshing. I'm glad it filtered out a lot of the crowds. The real issue with the rain was that it made all my clothes a lot heavier and harder to walk in.

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